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Sunday, October 18, 2015

Mid-October Surprise




Like a fighting battalion
Of the Royal Scots Guards
The dahlias and black eyed
Susans are standing watch
Over the back yard
Waiting for the first frost’s
Inevitable assault
It’s mid-October
And still this
Little garden spot 
Rich in morning sunlight
Is somehow managing to
Maintain itself in full bloom




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Like a fighting battalion
Of the Royal Scots Guards
The dahlias and black eyed
Susans are keeping watch
Over the back yard
Waiting for the first frost’s
Inevitable advance
It’s mid-October
And still this
Little garden spot 
Rich in morning sunlight
Is somehow managing to
Maintain full bloom
Reoriented to attend
To the tenuous warmth of
The sun's more southerly slant 

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